MISLAY

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke.

2.
v.

To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. The... charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. Hallam.

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